Third Year University 2016

First Place: Serine Pipoyan, Gavar

Respond to the quote: "Comparison is the death of joy".

People sometimes forget and make a big mistake comparising the person. In my opinion it is awful to compair one with the other because during this process the person loses his identity and appears in a situation where he can’t express his own ideas, his own opinion and he carries the influence of others. There was one instance about which I want to talk and by this way explain why I think that it is very difficult and wrong to compear peple. Mary was a young and talanted girl. She took up painting at the age of 7 and had done many good works. Once she read an announcement in the newspaper which said “Imagine you being a mature artist and draw a picture inspired by nature and express your taughts and feelings on it. The winer of the competition will be admitted to the Art Institute and get a scholarship.”Hearing that information Mary hasitated a little but then decided to take part. She collected her water-colours, her canvas and went to the seaside. She decided to paint in the open air and to depict the game of light and shade which was on the water. It costed her much effort to depict it exactly but when the work was done she looked at is and couldn’t help her admiration. The next day she took her work to the Institute where the competition should be held. She was very glad to be there and without any doubt that she would be admitted gave the picture. After an hour a lady from one of the rooms went out and told her that her picture was admited. Mary joyfully returned home.On the day of the commpetition the exhinit hole was very crowded. She was late and when she entered the hole she heard how two girls were stending against the picture and compair her picture with the other which was hang next to her’s. They were commenting the picture saying many unkind words adding that the picture would become a laughing-stock. It was their own idea but it harted Mary very much. Her heart was broken and as she was very upset ran away from the exhibition. All her joy was vanished away. She wanted to give up painting thinking that all her efforts were useless. She was on the way of becoming the member of pear pressure but fortunetly two days letter she reseived an e-mail. It was from the Art Institute. Reading it, it become obvious that her picture drew a great croud and it admired the jury with the elegance of its colours, where the landscape and the game of light merge into a single entity. Mary was shoked as she didn’t accept that kind of comment and decision. She was convinced that it was wrong decision and decided not to make a mess of that comment and continue painting, as her lifetime dream was to become a prominent, outstanding and mature artist. So with this example I want to prove that being comparised with the other can drive you from your road do not letting you be creative and develop as an individual. Clarifing I can say “comparison is the death of joy”.

Second Place: Varsik Sargsyan, Ijevan

You are a professional salesperson advertising a highly improbable product. What is the product and how do you convince people to buy it? Write the advertisement.

Ladies and gentlemen, here is an improbably product special for you. What’s the product? It’s an incredible book looking very luxurious. It is completely made from pure gold and there are amazing pieces of diamonds gently decorating its gold cover. Even the pages are all from gold. But there is something strange about the book. It has no writing on it. Are you surprised? Do you think we are joking or do you think we are trying to make a fool of you? But wait! The book has a magic power. It can respond to any question you ask it. Can you imagine that? You can just ask the book where you can easily get lots of money and you will be extremely rich in the next minute. Or you can ask how you can become immortal and this exclusively intelligent “creature” will give you the answer. But think carefully before asking your question as each person may ask just one. The cost of this “God-given-treasure” is just $1500. It is just nothing compared to the opportunities it gives you. I am sure there are hundreds and thousands questions in your mind. Choose the most important of them, buy this magic book and don’t lose your opportunity. It’s unbelievable yet not improbable.

Third Place: Vanuhi Vanesyan, Ijevan

You are a professional salesperson advertising a highly improbable product. What is the product and how do you convince people to buy it? Write the advertisement.

​Today I’ll introduce you a new highly developed product that will completely change your whole life. I don’t want to advertise it. I just was to say the advantages and disadvantages of it. You see it is only a wooden box and from the first look you will think “how can it change my world.” But I can guarantee that after knowing its function this incredible product will indeed fascinate you.And now attention please. In this wooden little box there are everything you need and want for your whole life. Every time you open it you can take watever you want. It provides you with money, everyday nessecities and so on. Incredible yes?Imagine you will never need anything, you will live with a very fascinating life. You will have no problems. But is this everything you want from this life. If it is so be quick. As I have said above this improbable product has disadvantages too. With every bad step of our life it will punish you taking someting expensive from you. So before having this product you must be sure if you can live your life without doing bad things. And finally as for cost. There is no decided cost for this product. You can get this by doing the following thing. Help all the homeless people, especially children, to have home and feel the family is. Organize a job or a small business with your friends or with your society to make rich people provide the poor ones with everyday needs.Find something extraordinary, some means, or financial needs to cure all the little baby in your country that are in the hospital. After doing these steps, come to to us and sign your name and adresse, and you will get this incredible wooden box. This is for advertising part. Advertising this product in such a way I want you to understand me clearly. I think that everyone who does good steps and makes good for others in the end feels good, feels satisfied, feels as he/she has almost everything. To sum up, I will say that the main idea, the main way to live your life excellently and without any problems is to make someone feels good, as we know all the good steps will by no means be estimated. “God see watever you do, and never leaves your good steps unanswered.”I thing this last phrase can be considered as the moral of my advertising. Thank you for attention.